John Rando

Personal Information
John Rando directed Broadway’s Urinetown! (The Musical) at the Henry Miller Theatre, enjoying both critical and commercial success in the short time since its opening. Mr. Rando will be directing the upcoming Broadway musical, Dance of the Vampires, with music by Jim Steinman and starring Michael Crawford, Fall 2002. Other Broadway productions include: A Thousand Clowns, and Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party, also at the Mark Taper Forum, the Kennedy Center, Coconut Grove Playhouse, and the Paper Mill Playhouse. New York credits include Do Re Mi and Strike Up the Band for City Center Encores!; Mere Mortals at the John Houseman; Ancient History, English Made Simple and An Empty Plate in the Cafe Due Grand Bouef at Primary Stages; The Venetian Twins, When Ladies Battle and Twelfth Night at the Pearl Theatre Company; and Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight at the Promenade. West Coast Credits include All in the Timing, The Comedy of Errors, Sylvia and A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Old Globe. For the Berkshire Theatre Festival he directed 13 Rue Du L’Amour, Mad Forest, An Empty Plate in the Cafe Du Grand Bouef, Visiting Mr. Green and the world premiere of Lives of the Saints by David Ives. Other regional credits include productions at the Cleveland Play House, The Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Studio Arena in Buffalo, the Philadelphia Theatre Company, Playmakers Rep in North Carolina, Syracuse Stage and the Portland Stage Company. He was a Drama League directing fellow and holds an M.F.A. from UCLA.
 
Credits

Director
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Jerry Springer - The Opera Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 02/22/2018 Director
2 Lives of the Saints The Duke on 42nd Street 02/24/2015 Director
3 The Heir Apparent East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 04/09/2014 Director
4 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Pearl Theatre 01/12/2014 Director
5 All in the Timing 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 02/12/2013 Director
6 Click, Clack, Moo Lucille Lortel Theatre 07/28/2009 Director
7 The Toxic Avenger New World Stages/ Stage I 04/06/2009 Director
8 Pig Farm Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 06/27/2006 Director
9 Bright Ideas East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 11/12/2003 Director
10 Rounding Third John Houseman Theatre 10/07/2003 Director
11 Polish Joke New York City Center/ Stage II 03/18/2003 Director
12 Urinetown, The Musical American Theatre of Actors/ Chernuchin Theatre 05/06/2001 Director
13 Naked East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 04/09/2000 Director
14 An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf Primary Stages 03/08/2000 Director
15 Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight Promenade Theatre 05/13/1999 Director
16 Mere Mortals and Others Primary Stages 05/06/1997 Director
17 Ancient History/English Made Simple Primary Stages 05/08/1996 Director
18 Fortune's Fools Cherry Lane Theatre 05/09/1995 Director
Awards
Award Production Function
1 WON 2013 Obie Award, Direction All in the Timing Director
2 NOMINATED 2002 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director Urinetown, The Musical Director